Comet Encounter
They have fascinated, even terrified humans for thousands of years. Traditionally seen as harbingers of doom, comets can influence some people even to this day. For scientists, though, comets are a great opportunity for space exploration.G

2:00 am

Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers"Mysteries of the Deep"
Pioneering submarine crews explore the ill-fated Confederate secret weapon, Hunley, which carried out the first successful submarine attack. Alda peeks into the deep-diving watercraft, Alvin, which found the Titanic and discovered life in the deep ocean.G

3:00 am

NASA "Why" Files"The Case of the Inhabitable Habitat"
In solving this case, the tree house detectives learn about various habitats on land, in the water, and even in space. They learn about the animals that depend on these habitats and how changes created by both man and nature affect their existence.The tree house detectives determine that habits can have a big impact on habitats.G

Connect with English"The Pressure's On/Sharing Feelings"
Rebecca meets with her advisor to talk about catching up in her studies. The holidays are quickly approaching and she'll have to work extremely hard to pass her exams.G

Clifford The Big Red Dog"Fluffed Up Cleo/Team Spirit"
Fluffed Up Cleo - When Cleo wins the esteemed honor of Fluffiest Dog of Birdwell Island, it's all she can talk about! Clifford and T-Bone bear with the new star, but it takes a lot of patience. When Cleo gets a dose of her own medicine from Mac, she learns that bragging all of the time can be boring - it's okay to be proud of an accomplishment, but be careful to be respectful of others. Team Spirit - After Jetta tells Vaz that his poor soccer skills are holding back their team, Vaz tries to sit out the rest of the game. D

7:00 am

Arthur"Lights, Camera.... Opera!/All Worked Up"
Lights, Camera .Opera! - When Muffy's Dad gives her concert tickets, she couldn't be more excited, until she discovers that she's going to . gasp! . D

Curious George"Robot Monkey Hullabalo/Curious George and the Slithery Day"
At the museum, George joins Professor Wiseman and the Man with the Yellow Hat on a stroll through an amazing new robot exhibit. George is watching and feeding Mr. Zoobel's gopher snake, Bruno, and mice, Benjy and Willie, for the day.G

8:30 am

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!"The Lost Egg/Hold On Tight"
The Lost Egg - The kids are decorating the tree house for a party. The Cat knows the world's most fantabulous decorator: Stan the bower bird! Stan teaches the kids how to decorate with almost anything--shells, leaves, and pebbles. Now they can have a party in their own fantabulously decorated tree house! Hold on Tight - Nick is trying to hang onto the monkey bars but can't. D

9:00 am

Peg + Cat"The Three Bears Problem/The Giant Problem"
The Three Bears Problem - Fairytale Land. Peg and Cat bring the Three Bears, the Three Little Pigs, and the Three Billy Goats Gruff together to form a super group: "The Electric Eleven." Primary Content: Adding 1; Secondary Content: Counting to 11. D

9:30 am

Dinosaur Train"The Wing Kings/The Big Mud Pit"
The Wing Kings - The Pteranodon family stretches their wings at Quetzalcoatlus Canyon, where Mr. Pteranodon flew when he was younger and nicknamed, the "Wing King." Now, the Pteranodons and Buddy meet Quincy Quetzalcoatlus and his Dad, another Wing King, a huge flying bird. Together, the two "Wing Kings" wow their kids with some sensational aerial acrobatics. D

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"Good Morning Daniel/Goodnight Daniel"
Good Morning Daniel - It's a typical morning in the Tiger household, and Daniel has to get up for school but his playing and imagining distract him from his routine. Daniel learns that his morning routine helps him be ready in time for Trolley to take him to school. Goodnight Daniel - Tonight, Daniel is pretending to be Super Daniel! But after dinner, he has to follow his nighttime routine even though he would rather play. D

11:30 am

Sid The Science Kid"Sid's Special Dad Day"
Sid is excited to play soccer with his Dad outside--but he's not excited to lather up in sunblock, because it takes way too long to put on! At school, Sid and his friends discover that sunblock is a great way to protect your skin from the sun. And they also learn about the amazing ways the sun helps the Earth. D

12:00 pm

Super Why!"The Ant and the Grasshopper"
Littlest Pig is on a picnic and he is starving! Problem is, he didn't plan ahead and pack a snack! The Super Readers fly into the story of Ant and Grasshopper where the jovial grasshopper finds himself equally unprepared for the onset of winter. Will his responsible friend Ant teach him (and Pig) a lesson about planning ahead? Or will the two friends be left out in the cold?G

12:30 pm

Caillou"Knowing How"
Caillou learns the value of determination and the benefits of success! When Mom drives Sarah to her skating lesson, Caillou decides he wants to take skating lessons too! But the lessons are harder than Caillou expected, and if it weren't for the neato Zamboni, Caillou might not have gone back. When an invitation for Clementine's party accidentally ends up at Sarah's, Caillou learns the differences between the addresses of the two homes. Later, when Clementine tells Caillou how much she likes her older brother, Billy, to teach her things, Caillou sets out to teach something to Rosie. D

1:00 pm

Thomas & Friends"Winter Delights"
Merry Misty Island - It's the Winter Holidays on the Island of Sodor. Dash, Bash and Ferdinand decide to throw a party. This is their first party and they're not really sure what to do and they won't ask Thomas to help them. D

1:30 pm

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"Good Morning Daniel/Goodnight Daniel"
Good Morning Daniel - It's a typical morning in the Tiger household, and Daniel has to get up for school but his playing and imagining distract him from his routine. Daniel learns that his morning routine helps him be ready in time for Trolley to take him to school. Goodnight Daniel - Tonight, Daniel is pretending to be Super Daniel! But after dinner, he has to follow his nighttime routine even though he would rather play. D

2:00 pm

Curious George"Robot Monkey Hullabalo/Curious George and the Slithery Day"
At the museum, George joins Professor Wiseman and the Man with the Yellow Hat on a stroll through an amazing new robot exhibit. George is watching and feeding Mr. Zoobel's gopher snake, Bruno, and mice, Benjy and Willie, for the day.G

Peg + Cat"The Three Bears Problem/The Giant Problem"
The Three Bears Problem - Fairytale Land. Peg and Cat bring the Three Bears, the Three Little Pigs, and the Three Billy Goats Gruff together to form a super group: "The Electric Eleven." Primary Content: Adding 1; Secondary Content: Counting to 11. D

3:30 pm

WordGirl"Granny and Clyde/Too Loud Crew"
Granny and Clyde - Granny May cons Mr. Botsford into using him as her getaway driver as she goes on a citywide crime spree. WordGirl must find a way to turn Granny May in to the cops without putting her dad behind bars. Too Loud Crew - The Butcher and the Whammer unexpectedly team up and things get a little noisy. D

4:00 pm

Wild Kratts"Neck and Neck"
As Chris and Martin search for the answer to why giraffes have long necks, a mischievous giraffe begins secretly taking Creature Power Suit parts and supplies from the Tortuga. D

4:30 pm

Cyberchase"Designing Mr. Perfect"
Frustrated that she can't find Mr. Perfect, The Wicked Witch sets out to design him, by turning a frog into her Prince Charming. Unknowingly, however, Wicked captures and transforms Digit instead of a frog. Her sympathetic wand, Wanda (Danica McKellar), secretly alerts the CyberSquad who jump into action. D

5:00 pm

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman"Birds Are Handy!"
Ruff's rockstar cousin Ruf Rufman wants to record songbirds on his next album. So Ruff sends Emmie and Rubye to meet with field biologists from the Teton Science Schools in Wyoming to work with songbirds in the field. He also sends Marc and Shreya to meet with a hand model due to a misunderstanding between the word "Hands" and the name "Hans. D

5:30 pm

Nightly Business Report
Tonight on Nightly Business Report, as temperatures drop, demand for natural gas hits a record. Will that translate into higher home heating bills? And it's official. JP Morgan gets hit with a $1.7b fine over its role in the Madoff scandal. D

Somme - From Defeat to Victory
This 2006 dramatized documentary tells the story of the World War I Battle of the Somme, based on real accounts. It follows a group of pals, who enlisted together and who die together on July 1, 1916 along with some 20,000 other soldiers. But two months later a maverick battalion commander leads a victorious raid on the German positions and the British army learns to fight a modern war.G

8:00 pm

Poisoner's Handbook: American Experience
Early 20th century American homes are stocked with poisons. From radioactive radium in health tonics to thallium in depilatory creams, from morphine in teething medicine to potassium cyanide in cleaning supplies, the tools to murder by poison multiply with industrial innovation. But the scientific knowledge (and political will) to detect and prevent the crimes lag behind.G

10:00 pm

Frontline"To Catch A Trader"
This investigative film is a crime drama with a cast of colorful characters from cheating traders with their "Mr. Whisper" sources to some of the most respected figures in American business. The documentary zeros in on Steven A. Cohen of SAC Capital, a former small-time options trader, now king of Wall Street hedge fund managers.G